Bug#605108: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin path prefix in gdm.conf

Roland Baudin roland65 at free.fr
Sat Nov 27 14:08:45 UTC 2010


Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.11-2
Severity: normal
Tags: squeeze

When upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze, the path prefix /usr/X11R6/bin given in
many places of gdm.conf does not exist anymore. Thus, gdm does not start
anymore.
There should be a transition mechanism that replaces the /usr/X11R6/bin prefix
with /usr/bin in gdm.conf, or any other mechanism that alows to start gdm with
the right prefix.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.25 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.112        add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.36       Debian configuration management sy
ii  gksu                        2.0.2-5      graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session [x-session-ma 2.30.2-3rb   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal- 2.30.2-1     The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.21-1     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.30.0-1     The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                    1:2.4.44-2   Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                       2.11.2-7     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                   1.8.10-6     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.24-3     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.88-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1                     1:1.1.0-2    X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1              2.8.0-2.1    generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                2.4.2-2.1    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglade2-0                 1:2.6.4-1    library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.24.2-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0           2.30.1-1     A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.20.1-2     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules              1.1.1-6.1    Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime              1.1.1-6.1    Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                    1.1.1-6.1    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.28.3-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2                  2.26.3-1     SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common             2.26.3-1     SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1                 2.0.96-1     SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                    7.6.q-19     Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.3.3-3    X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                     1:1.0.6-1    X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                   1:1.0.3-2    X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                    2:1.1.2-1    X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                      2:1.3-4      X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1                2:1.1-3      X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.8.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base                    3.2-23.1     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.30.1-3   lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 261-1        X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20100428-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.6.2          Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                  0.52.11-1      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn  xserver-xephyr | xnest    <none>         (no description available)
ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.5+8        the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                    2.30.0-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.30.3-4   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  locales                       2.11.2-7   Embedded GNU C Library: National L
ii  pm-utils                      1.3.0-3    utilities and scripts for power ma

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default changed:
PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin"
OLD_IFS=$IFS
gdmwhich () {
  COMMAND="$1"
  OUTPUT=
  IFS=:
  for dir in $PATH
  do
    if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then
      if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then
        OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND"
      fi
    fi
  done
  IFS=$OLD_IFS 
  echo "$OUTPUT"
}
XSETROOT=`gdmwhich xsetroot`
if [ "x$XSETROOT" != "x" ] ; then
	CHECKBACKCOLOR="OK"
	if [ "x$GDM_GREETER_TYPE" = "xTHEMED" ]; then
		BACKCOLOR=`gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG greeter/GraphicalThemedColor $DISPLAY"`
		CHECKBACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^\([^ ]*\) .*$/\1/'`
		if [ "x$CHECKBACKCOLOR" = "xOK" ]; then
			BACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^.* \(.*\)$/\1/'`
		else
			BACKCOLOR=""
		fi
	fi
	# If we tried to load the themed backgroundcolor, but failed, then try loading plain color
	if [ "x$CHECKBACKCOLOR" != "xOK" ] || [ "x$GDM_GREETER_TYPE" = "xPLAIN" ]; then
		# Background type can be 0=None, 1=Image & Color, 2=Color, or 3=Image 
		BACKTYPE=`gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG greeter/BackgroundType $DISPLAY"`
		# Skip if background type does not include a color
		if [ "x$BACKTYPE" = "xOK 1" ] || [ "x$BACKTYPE" = "xOK 2" ]; then
			BACKCOLOR=`gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG greeter/BackgroundColor $DISPLAY"`
			CHECKBACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^\([^ ]*\) .*$/\1/'`
			if [ "x$CHECKBACKCOLOR" = "xOK" ]; then
				BACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^.* \(.*\)$/\1/'`
			else
				BACKCOLOR=""
			fi
		fi
	fi
	# Default value
 	if [ "x$BACKCOLOR" = "x" ]; then
 		BACKCOLOR="#0f455e"
 	fi
	"$XSETROOT" -cursor_name left_ptr -solid "$BACKCOLOR"
fi
exit 0

/etc/gdm/gdm.conf changed:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=
TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=
TimedLoginDelay=30
Greeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter
DefaultPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
RootPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
User=gdm
Group=gdm
LogDir=/var/log/gdm
PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid
PostLoginScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PostLogin/
PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PreSession/
PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PostSession/
DisplayInitDir=/etc/gdm/Init
XKeepsCrashing=/etc/gdm/XKeepsCrashing
RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now "Rebooted from gdm menu."
HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -h now "Shut Down from gdm menu."
SuspendCommand=/usr/bin/apm --suspend
ServAuthDir=/var/lib/gdm
BaseXsession=/etc/gdm/Xsession
SessionDesktopDir=/etc/X11/sessions/:/etc/dm/Sessions/:/usr/share/gdm/BuiltInSessions/:/usr/share/xsessions/
DefaultSession=default.desktop
UserAuthDir=
UserAuthFBDir=/tmp
UserAuthFile=.Xauthority
StandardXServer=/usr/bin/X
Xnest=/usr/bin/Xnest -audit 0 -name Xnest
FirstVT=7
VTAllocation=true
[security]
AllowRoot=true
AllowRemoteRoot=false
AllowRemoteAutoLogin=false
RelaxPermissions=0
CheckDirOwner=true
DisallowTCP=true
[xdmcp]
Enable=false
[gui]
GtkRC=
[greeter]
Browser=false
MinimalUID=1000
Exclude=nobody
IncludeAll=true
LocaleFile=/etc/gdm/locale.conf
Logo=/usr/share/pixmaps/gdmDebianLogo.xpm
SystemMenu=true
SecureSystemMenu=true
DefaultWelcome=false
DefaultRemoteWelcome=true
Welcome=Bienvenue
BackgroundType=1
BackgroundImage=/usr/share/images/desktop-base/debblue-1600x1200.png
BackgroundColor=#0f455e
GraphicalThemes=debblue
GraphicalTheme=debblue-gdm
GraphicalThemeDir=/usr/share/gdm/themes/
SoundOnLogin=false
GraphicalThemedColor=#0f455e
GlobalFaceDir=/usr/share/pixmaps/
[chooser]
HostImageDir=/usr/share/hosts/
Hosts=
Broadcast=true
Multicast=false
[debug]
Enable=false
[servers]
0=Standard
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/bin/X -dpi 96 -audit 0 
flexible=true
[server-Terminal]
name=Terminal server
command=/usr/bin/X -audit 0 -terminate
flexible=false
handled=false
[server-Chooser]
name=Chooser server
command=/usr/bin/X -audit 0
flexible=false
chooser=true


-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm





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